106. VALLEY FEVER: a San Jose Dr. has a cure for valley fever an illness that lodges in joints and vital organs--Dr. David Stevens of Valley Med. Ctr. has come up with a pill.
111. VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER warning from Santa Clara Grand Jury that Santa Clara Medical Center is old the equipment is out of date emergency room is crowded; good v/o medical center patients waiting
Please note: there are visible picture defects and audible sound faults with this clip, caused by the printing process and film warpage. KPIX Eyewitness News report from October 17th by Belva Davis featuring an interview with Senator Vance Hartke, who expresses his opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and support for the national moratorium demonstrations held on October 15th.... (more info)
KRON-TV special report from 1971, presented by Ira Eisenberg, about the increase in cases of syphilis and gonorrhea in Marin County, which has the fifth highest venereal disease rate in California. Features dramatizations of teenagers visiting the Marin County VD Clinic and interviews with: Fred Mayer; Dr Marilyn Hicks; Eugene Schoenfeld ('Dr Hippocrates'); Senator John Harmer; Senator Peter Behr; Rabbi David Davis; Fr. John O'Connor; Rev. Francis Geddes and Ellis Mitchell. Also includes views of Mill Valley, Sausalito, Stinson Beach and an inter-denominational discussion group talking about issues relating to sex education, in San Rafael. This film was written, produced and directed by Ira Eisenberg.
Note: includes an excerpt from the Billboard Top 100 hit single 'Mill Valley', by Rita Abrams and the Strawberry Point 3rd Grade Class, which starts at 1min 45secs into the clip.... (more info)
KPIX News report from October 15th 1966 in Oakland by Ben Williams featuring a women's protest march against the Vietnam War, from UC Berkeley to the Oakland Induction Center. Includes scenes of Williams interviewing protesters and views of women marching and singing.... (more info)
259. VENUS/SCIENCE: a space multiprobe was launched toward the planet Venus last night from Cape Canaveral. The probe is run from a control room at Ames Research Center in Mountain View; file film 141069 6-24-78
Please note: This 'kinescope' recording was originally made on November 24th 1963 by filming the picture from a live video monitor. The picture quality - especially sharpness - is much lower than the rest of our footage produced on 16mm film. As noted by KRON-TV GM Harold P. See in a brief introduction (which was shot on 16mm film): "This process has resulted in some loss of [picture] detail." A KRON-TV special program featuring San Francisco State College's Choral Union, conducted by John Toms, singing Giuseppe Verdi's Reqiuem Mass in the campus Main Auditorium, as a tribute to the memory of President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated two days earlier in Dallas, Texas. Includes a speech by SF State's Dean of Creative Arts Dr. J. Fenton McKenna and extended views of the 85 member orchestra and 150 voice choral union performing Requiem Mass. The live telecast was directed by Herbert Zettl from a temporary control room on campus, with assistance from Darryl Compton as technical director. Broadcasting students helped with the video and audio setups and operated the cameras. It's also worth noting that mezzo-soprano Donna Petersen was an SF State graduate (thanks to Helene Whitson for letting us know).... (more info)
KPIX Eyewitness News report from November 16th 1972 by Bill Hillman featuring brief scenes from a press conference with Verne Orr (California's Director of Finance), who discusses the need for the University of California (UC) to economize. Also includes views of UC President Charles J. Hitch explaining the college's goal of competing to hire the best teachers.... (more info)
276. VET LOYALTY: Tim Woodville is a Viet vet & student at Santa Rosa Jr. College to get a part-time job--for the state he has to sign a loyalty oath--he feels because he served in Vietnam & that he lost two limbs he shouldn?t have to
KPIX Eyewitness News report from October 14th 1969 by Rollin Post featuring an interview with the Commander in Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), who explains his opposition to the current Vietnam War moratorium.... (more info)
290. veterans day: parade complete with senior vets in alameda
327. Vial Blood: in Santa Clara senior citizens are encouraged to write their health problems on a piexe of paper and put in the refrigerator for emergency use
Please note: the audio levels on this 16mm film print were low, affecting sound quality. KPIX public affairs program from January 1972 hosted by Rev. Cecil Williams featuring an interview with Angela Davis in jail, which focuses on her political philosophy in relation to civil rights and justice. She discusses: what she means by "revolutionary" and "communist"; the misleading perception which equates revolution with violence; the Soledad Brothers; her personal relationships with George Jackson and his family; the concept of U.S. justice and rehabilitation; systemic racism and the use of lobotomy and drugs on violent offenders; California's use of indeterminate prison sentencing; women in prison and Wesley Wells. At one point, when asked to clarify her position on what it means to be a 'communist', she explains that: "I have a very strong love for oppressed people, for my people, I want to see them free ... I want to see all oppressed people throughout the world free. And I realize that the only way that we can do this is by moving towards a revolutionary society." This film was produced by Len Schlosser and directed by Fred Joslyn.... (more info)
Episode of KPIX-TV series Vibrations, presented by Cecil Williams on January 16th 1989, featuring a consideration of what the art of storytelling means to African Americans. Includes interviews with Theresa Bonner-Payne, Luissah Teish and Diane Ferlatte, who share a few stories and explain how their work benefits the community. Teish states that: "A storyteller is a historian. One who keeps the information of the people in a dramatic form and an emotional language."... (more info)
KPIX Eyewitness News report from March 3rd 1973 by Bill Hillman at Tower Records in San Francisco, which is demonstrating music videos of The Beatles and Shanti (referred to as "video rock n roll"). Includes views of the equipment and scenes of people sharing their initial reactions to this new technology (which isn't for sale yet). Hillman interviews a man who works in the video cassette industry and reflects that: "The video cassette industry is still an infant. But there are those who expect it to grow rapidly and become a healthy youngster. In that case, the time may be close at hand when the nation's parents will find themselves watching The Beatles, as well as listening to them." A handwritten note on the demo unit prices the player only at $995 (which would be the approximate equivalent of $5000 in 2011).... (more info)
383. VIET FAMILY: San Jose vietnamese family business ripped off & does not understand the American way of life they say its becasuse of their nationality
462. VIETNAM KIDNEY: San Quentin cook Robert Gonzales has been trying to get his kids back from Viet Nam for the last 6 years; he wants his kids; says there is too much red tape
KTVU News report from Claud Mann and Andrea Boggs from March 1969 featuring a Vietnam protest rally on the commons at San Francisco State College, which is broken up by an official (from a rooftop with a loud speaker) who orders the students to re-assemble in the main campus auditorium. Ends with an anti-Vietnam protest in downtown San Francisco?s Union Square, where a speaker tells his audience: ?By your own silence you are as guilty as those who you disagree with.? Boggs speculates that a low turn out of protesters was due to the good weather.... (more info)
KPIX Eyewitness News report from November 15th 1972 featuring a press conference by a Vietnam war veteran (Private Smith), who expresses his opposition to U.S. involvement and his support for political prisoners. Also includes very brief views of Angela Davis sat next to him.... (more info)
KPIX Eyewitness News report from October 7th 1969 featuring brief scenes from a press conference, announcing plans for a protest against American involvement in the Vietnam War on October 15th.... (more info)
KPIX Eyewitness News report from March 1st 1972 featuring silent views of the community of Canyon, located in the hills between Oakland and Moraga CA, on the Pinehurst Road. Includes scenes of children playing in a treehouse and of homes which are under construction.... (more info)
KPIX-TV doucumentary from c1962, narrated by Burgess Meredith, about the history of Northern California's wine industry. Includes shots of many archival photographs featuring notable personalities and wineries from the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, which are edited to Mozart's Serenade No. 10 (conducted by Libor Pesek). This film was written and photographed by Arthur Bleich, produced by Ray Hubbard and directed by Dick Williams.... (more info)
Part I of a KQED news report featuring violent clashes between police and students at SF State College during a demonstration along 19th Avenue. Students antagonize police lines with chants of "kill the pigs!" and brandish large photographs of swine. A battered and bloody Donald McAllister is seen being led away by police. Students erect barricades from furniture and Dr Carlton Goodlett hands out flowers to protesters. An African American student and his German Shepherd dogs are beaten by police and a melee ensues. Some of this material is duplicated in KQN 184.... (more info)
Part II of a KQED news report featuring violent clashes between police and students at SF State College during a demonstration along 19th Avenue. Arrested students are seen joking around defiantly, as they are processed by riot police and others repeatedly taunt police. One riot policeman moves to attack a capering student but is brought back to his senses by fellow officers and they back away, to roars of approval from their antagonists. There are views of many more skirmishes and arrests on campus and along 19th Avenue, most of which attract press attention. Some of this material is duplicated in KQN 184.... (more info)
KPIX Eyewitness news report from June 10th, 1970 by Belva Davis, featuring an interview with a member of Virtual Murrell's legal team. Murrell's lawyer announces that Murrell, the former Distribution Manager for the Black Panther Party, is going to resist the government's application to grant Murrell immunity in exchange for testifying against the Party, claiming that this action is a violation of Murrell's constitutional, political, and civil rights. The lawyer also states that he believes an offer of immunity will still leave Mr. Murrell vulnerable to state prosecution. Murrell is also interviewed, and states that the he believes the goverment's attempt to convince him to testify against the Party represents "the continued harassment of black leadership locally and nationally to suppress the Black Panther Party, and not only to suppress the Black Panther Party's leadership, but also to suppress the black caucus' leadership here in Oakland because of our effectiveness." When asked during the interview if he is associated with the Black Panther Party, Murrell responds, "No more than that we're all going through the same plight: the liberation of black people." Remastered, edited and catalogued for the web by Shira Peltzman.... (more info)
565. VMC: a shortage of nurses at Valley Mdical Center in San Jose has caused the center to turn away burn patients for their unit and emergency services
KPIX Eyewitness News report from December 15th 1969 in San Francisco featuring a press conference by Supervisor Dorothy von Beroldingen, who is responding to statements made about her by the administrative board for civil service employees health plans. She raises concerns that there may be iniquities in the management of city health coverage plans and points out that: "When a public official is being attacked by a board or a commission, he or she is certainly entitled to inquire in detail how that department operates. And what motivates it's actions ... I have no feud with anyone."
Technical Information: this film was remastered using an MWA Flashtransfer Vario HD telecine system, which has a 3-chip Hitachi camera sensor with native 1920x1080p output. It was captured directly into Final Cut Pro, via a Matrox MX02 i/o device and PCI Express Card, using the Apple ProResHQ 422 1920x1080@25p setting. The mp4 video streaming file you are watching uses the H.264 codec streaming at 1200kbps, with an aspect ratio of 1460x1080.... (more info)
KPIX Eyewitness New report from September 26th 1967 by Belva Davis in San Francisco featuring brief scenes from an interview with Supervisor Dorothy von Beroldingen, who expresses satisfaction at a city ordinance passed today, which will allow people to purchase meat in the city after 6pm.... (more info)
627. VOTE: Berkeley school teachers vote this morning on whether to accept the thress man settlement panel. Film is only of them entering the school and voting.
